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The article offers information on the operations at Lakeland Electric's CD. Mcintosh, Jr. Power Plant (MPP) in the City of Lakeland, Florida. The plant is a microcosm of the entire power generation industry operating fewer hours plus a peaking gas-fired combined cycle plant. The plant plays an expanded role in producing electricity for the public power provider.

The article presents information on Seminole Generating Station located in Palatka, Florida. Its operator Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. (SECI) provides electricity in central and northwestern Florida counties. SECI is ranked third-largest in the U.S. based on wholesale energy sales. SECI has invested investment about 300 million dollars in the power plant to reduce its air emissions and minimize its solid waste disposal problems.

The article offers information on the 17th refueling and maintenance outage of the Unit 2 of the Saint Lucie Nuclear Plant owned and operated by Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) in Hutchinson Island, Florida in 2007. It reports that a team comprising of the members from SGT LLC completed the complex work of replacing the reactor vessel head and two steam generators. It discusses the safety challenges faced by the team and lists several safety acheivements of the team.

The article reports on the development of Siemens Power Generation (SPG) of the 270-MW-class SGT6-6000G gas turbine. The prototype of this engine first saw service at the Unit 5 of the Macintosh Power Plant, owned and operated by the City of Lakeland, Florida on April 1999. After successful introduction, 22 Siemens G-Class turbines are now operating worldwide and two units are still under construction. It is noted that SGT6-6000G has a nominal output of 400 MW, and has a net efficiency of 58.4 percent at ISO conditions.

Discusses how power plants use old generators to provide synchronous condensing. Use of synchronous condensing in the electrical grid; Reason the Keys Electrical System at the western end of Florida turned to synchronize condensing; Information on the two-stage startup package for the turbine designed by General Electric Co. and Hydro-Mechanical Systems Inc.

Presents information on Sanford Repowering Project power plant owned by Florida Power and Light (FPL) Co. in Sanford, Florida. Details of the repowering project of FPL; Challenges experienced by FPL in the Sanford project; Information on the configuration of the Sanford project.

The article focuses on Florida-based energy company Florida Power & Light Co.'s (FPL) Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Miami-Dade County and St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant in St. Lucie County. It states that the power plants' equipment were modernized to expand its nuclear energy capacity at low cost for consumers. It examines FPL's uprate program which is said to be complicated as it involves all components of the plant as well as the safety system and operating procedure.

The article presents information on the St. Johns River Power Park (SJRPP), located in Jacksonville, Florida. The Park includes two identical 640-MWnet coal-fired baseload generating units, that were placed into service in 1987 and 1988. Information on developments related to the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to reduce emissions, is presented. For one of the projects at the Park, Ceram Environmental Inc. was chosen as the catalyst supplier.

The article presents detailed information on West County Energy Center (WCEC), located in Palm Beach County, Florida. The plant, owned by Florida Power & Light Co., consists of a 3 x 1 combined-cycle configuration with Mitsubishi Power Systems 501G1 combustion turbines, 16 combustors, and three Nooter/Eriksen triple-pressure heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs). As stated, WCEC will assume the title of largest combined-cycle power plant in the U.S., after the completion of its three units.

Presents information on the top power plants according to "POWER" magazine in 2004. Sanford Repowering Project in Florida; Ravenswood Unit 40 in Long Island, New York; Danahu Thermal Power Station in India; Pusan Combined-Cycle Plant in South Korea; Pagbilao Power Plant in the Philippines.